Lyrics for Dead Dog Song as interpreted by PLANES

Dead Dog Song Lyrics
Sam, bless him, has died and left this home, the woodchucks running wild, the bushes overgrown. Slip unseen into the skein of trees, slide through dusky grasses and scatter his ashes. It’s all over, he’s never coming back. There’ll be no more roaming. He was only here for fourteen years, and now the branches scratch my face and I can’t hold back my tears. Long ago I’d see him running in the snow, he’d come in from the cold and he’d lie down by the stove. Pass along this loping road, the needley grasp of briars on the slope. He’d never been to church, so he doesn’t have a soul. He isn’t waiting at the place where all of us will go. But the woodchucks wouldn’t run so wild, the bushes wouldn’t be so overgrown if we were not alone. Bound unbound through the boundless air, remaining wisps of hair. Barking out through everywhere, the trees, the grass, the rain, and Sam in the air. He was in this world, by my side he was curled, but he came uncurled and this world holds him that much tighter.

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HellaGayFag
02-09-2005

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How has no one commented on this song?! It's so amazing, the music is beautifully blended. Also, the fact that they took something that is usually not written about and not that important and crafted such a great song with it... they are so talented.

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HellaGayFag
02-09-2005

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How has no one commented on this song?! It's so amazing, the music is beautifully blended. Also, the fact that they took something that is usually not written about and not that important and crafted such a great song with it... they are so talented.

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HellaGayFag
02-09-2005

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How has no one commented on this song?! It's so amazing, the music is beautifully blended. Also, the fact that they took something that is usually not written about and not that important and crafted such a great song with it... they are so talented.

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IAmACliche
12-10-2005

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i want to learn to play the banjo...damnit.

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of-truths-and-lies
08-10-2006

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I cant help but think of Huckuleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer every time I hear this song...I wonder what that means...oh yeah and the music is amazing, just,wow.

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BigNothing
02-16-2007

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I like the major chord Okkervil songs like Red better. And that other singer in the chorus sounds so much like the lead singer for Bad Religion, anyone else agree?

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BulletProofPrincess
07-01-2007

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Hm, I'm not sure about the lead singer for bad religion ,BUT
I really enjoy this song to an extreme.

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rainbow-kun
10-04-2007

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I really love this song. I also love Red but it depends on what mood I'm in I guess.

and I'm not sure about the Bad Religion thing either...

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surprisesmile
11-27-2007

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this is about will's dog that died when he was young...it's one of his few factual songs. the title is dead dog days...it's intense and amazing.

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vazio
06-05-2009

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That's funny.
I came here after hearing this song and thinking exactly how crazy it was that it sounded like a Bad-Religion-gone-folk song. I don't think that's Greg Graffin singing, but it really DOES remember me of Bad Religion, maybe it's just the way the music was written.

Anyway, this is the most uplifting song in the album.

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